Should I Still Continue My OCI Certification?
Posted by joblessandsuicidal@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 11 comments
Hi, firstly, I am going to say that I feel bad for whoever got laid off recently in Oracle especially considering how well used their products are in many corporate environments (like mine). I hope they all get new and better jobs soon.
With that said, I too am worried about the state of Oracle doing such moves recently. It makes me wonder if I should continue studying for OCI and therefore their databases, or should I pivot to study another cloud enviroment's certification?
ls--lah@reddit
Assuming you already have Azure/AWS then I don't see why you wouldn't continue. If you don't have these, you'd want to ask yourself why. Is it because your current employer doesn't use them? What about future employers? Etc.
But if your employer is big on Oracle and you wanna stay around, why not! Everyone is having layoffs at the moment.
braliao@reddit
When they run some free certification then I will. I am not wasting my money on OCI certs.
Zerowig@reddit
Of all the cloud technologies out there, Oracle would be dead last on something I would spent time learning. The company and their products are hot garbage. All I’ve ever done in my 20+ career is work to get systems off of Oracle.
BootlegBabyJsus@reddit
The work will be offset by their Indian workforce.
Labor arbitrage by US companies coupled with AI is accelerating to offset the economic damage currently happening.
IceCubicle99@reddit
Nothing is going to happen to Oracle anytime soon. They're clearly banking on AI being profitable and offsetting their labor force needs. Whether that turns out to be a great long term strategy is a question, but Oracle is worth 100's of billions of dollars. They're doing fine.
joblessandsuicidal@reddit (OP)
Hmm so this is just another tech layoff in the grand scheme of things?
IceCubicle99@reddit
In my opinion, yes. I do think that it's AI driven based on my experience with Oracle though. In direct discussions with them on a recent project of theirs, it was clear they're banking on AI to accelerate development.
They're either laying off employees as a result of AI tools reducing the need. Or they're laying off employees to offset their (substantial) investment in AI technology. Either way, I can't help but see these layoffs as a result of AI in one way or another.
Hotshot55@reddit
I wouldn't spend my time on an OCI cert, but that's just because I think all of Oracle's products are pretty garbage.
joblessandsuicidal@reddit (OP)
Hah, tell me about it. I'm having issues supporting some propietary software that is using Java and IE mode in good ol' 2026.
Thank goodness this will all change soon
fuckedfinance@reddit
A lot of huge companies still use the Oracle database engine and Java. It's not going anywhere anytime soon.
joblessandsuicidal@reddit (OP)
*obligatory tap on username*
I'm going to be 36 this year and already lost jobs before.
But yeah point taken, hope those certs will help a bit in the current job market